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Ninebarrow: A Pocket Full of Acorns review – the Dorset duo say it with trees
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Place is often important in folk music; Dorset and Ninebarrow are a case in point. Named after a down in the Purbeck hills, the duo of Jon Whitley and Jay LaBouchardiere draw inspiration from the county’s beauty and h...
Can we really solve the climate crisis by planting trees? (part one) - 팟캐스트
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In an era of divisions over the climate breakdown, tree planting seems to bring everyone together. But are there situations where tree planting can cause more harm than good? And how much can it help us counteract glo...
Call the copse! The sudden flourishing of culture about trees
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Let me tell you a story. Long, long ago, the Pelasgians, a people who lived in Thessaly, planted a forest grove in honour of Demeter – the goddess who breathes life into seeds, who makes young leaves unfurl, who uncle...
After Arwen: how to think positive about the UK’s storm-devastated trees
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Storm Arwen came hurtling down from the north at the end of November, causing a tsunami of trees to crash to the ground across Scotland, northern England and parts of Wales. Winds of 100mph flattened conifer plantatio...
Mark Lanegan, Screaming Trees singer, dies at 57
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Musician Mark Lanegan has died at the age of 57. 가수, songwriter and musician was known as the lead vocalist for Screaming Trees as well as being part of Queens of the Stone Age. “Our beloved friend Mark Laneg...
Trees should be planted without plastic guards, says UK study
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Planting trees without plastic tree guards should be standard practice, a UK study has found, as leading conservation charities and landowners seek sustainable alternatives to reduce plastic waste. The Woodland Trust ...
From ancient oaks to walking yews: the story of Britain’s great trees, forests and avenues
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I am not exactly sure where my fascination and love of trees came from, but I do remember from a very young age seeing fallen acorns under a huge oak tree and being told that this tree had produced all of these acorns...
Airlines need to do more than plant trees to hit net zero, MPs told
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The aviation industry must pay for costly carbon removal technologies rather than rely on using the planting of trees to claim they are reducing emissions, the head of the Climate Change Committee has said. Chris Star...
‘I’m seen as the fool’: the farmers putting trees back into the UK’s fields
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Andy Gray stands beside an enormous hill of bare red earth and smiles with a hint of mischief. This is his best field, its soils known as Crediton red land. The region was once known for producing swedes prized by Cov...
California couple fined $18,000 for illegally uprooting 36 Joshua trees
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A couple has been fined $18,000 after uprooting 36 Joshua trees to make space for a home and then burying them in a hole. Authorities hope the fine discourages others from mowing down the crooked-limbed plant, which i...
California wildfires: weather conditions worsen threat to giant sequoia trees
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Hot and dry weather on Sunday added to the challenges facing California firefighters battling to keep flames from driving further into a grove of ancient sequoias, where the base of the world’s tallest tree has been w...
Scrawny trees, patchy grass, terrible view … why £6m Marble Arch Mound still falls flat
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It has been called a “BTec Eiffel Tower” and a “slag heap”. It’s been compared to “a car-park Santa’s grotto, with dogs pretending to be reindeer”. The Marble Arch Mound, the temporary artificial hill commissioned by ...
‘It was magnificent – I’d look at it in awe’: the beloved trees felled by storms Dudley, Eunice and Franklin
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Jenny Bennion has a wooden throne in her garden. It is a monument to the damage caused by Dudley, Eunice and Franklin, a hat-trick of storms that swept across the UK in the space of a week in February. It was the firs...
Century-old olive trees felled as Spain’s farmers try to cut costs
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Century-old olive trees are being chopped up to use as firewood or sold off as garden ornaments as some in Spain’s olive oil industry turn to younger, more productive trees in hope of lowering costs. In recent years t...
Ancient sequoia trees threatened by growing wildfire in California’s Sierra Nevada
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A growing wildfire, sparked by lightning and spread through the dense, dry, forested Sierra Nevada, is posing dangers to the ancient sequoia trees in their namesake national park. The Paradise fire and the Colony fire...
Can we really solve the climate crisis by planting trees? (part two) - 팟캐스트
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Getting trees into the ground isn’t simple. Reforestation often involves trade-offs and challenges. Phoebe Weston checks in on two projects where people are planting trees, and one where it’s not humans doing the plan...